Way back in 1994, Endless Summer 2 came out. It was, as you’re aware, the sequel to Bruce Brown’s iconic 1966 film in which Robert August and Mike Hynson traveled the globe looking for waves. In ES2, Robert “Wingnut” Weaver and Pat O’Connell took on the roles of surf-searchers, and in that film, a little place called Tamarindo was exposed to the wider world.
While Tamarindo and those nearby surf spots like Witch’s Rock and Ollie’s Point weren’t secrets, per se, they weren’t exactly household names, but Robert August had a role in ES2 that basically kickstarted the area’s surf tourism industry. In his segment, the 48-year-old August cruises down the line at Witch’s Rock, and when the film was released… well, the cat was well and truly out of the bag. And while there’s a small chunk of the Costa Rica section in Nic Von Rupp’s latest installment of Von Froth above, here’s that little piece of filmmaking perfection in its entirety:
Well, Nic Von Rupp isn’t one to miss out on doing something he’s always wanted to do, and surfing Witch’s Rock was on his list. “Witch’s Rock is that one place on everyone’s wish list ever since Endless Summer 2 put the spot on the map,” said Nic Von Rupp. “I was on vacation in Costa Rica, the swell popped up, and we went over there to get barreled.”
Along for the ride were Sam Piter and Dean Vandewalle, a pair of Hurley up-and-comers. And together, they scored Witch’s Rock at its finest.
